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The auction house Sotheby’s has postponed its sale in Hong Kong of hundreds of sacred jewels linked to the Buddha’s remains, after a threat of legal action by the Indian government. The sale of the collection – described as one of the most astonishing archaeological finds of the modern era…

Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting to elect the 267th pontiff of the Catholic Church after the first conclave ballot failed to find a winner, sending billowing black smoke through the chapel chimney. Check out our Latest News and Follow us at Facebook Original Source

Warning: This article contains the name and images of an Indigenous person who has died. His family has given permission to use his name and image. Two men have been found guilty of the murder of Cassius Turvey, an Aboriginal schoolboy who was chased down by a vigilante gang and…

World War II ended 80 years ago this Thursday, but the remains of German soldiers are still being found across Europe today. As Germany’s far-right AfD party rallies behind a broader effort to reframe national memory, the discoveries – and the German commission in charge of providing “dignified” burials for…

India and Pakistan exchanged gunfire along their border overnight in Kashmir, New Delhi said Thursday, a day after India launched deadly missile attacks on what it claimed were “terrorist camps” in Pakistan. India’s attack came two weeks after New Delhi blamed Islamabad for an attack on tourists in the Indian-administered…

A woman has been killed and a man has been severely injured in an axe attack at the University of Warsaw on Wednesday, according to Polish police. A 22-year-old Polish man has been arrested in connection with the attack which the university has called a “huge tragedy”. Both victims worked…

Paul Melly West Africa analyst Reuters Even a stellar international business career cannot prepare you for the hard realities of politics in Ivory Coast, where some are questioning the democratic credentials of the West African nation most famous for being the producer of much of the world’s cocoa and some…

BBC Hundreds of thousands of Syrians were killed during 13 years of civil war “These,” says Dr Anas al-Hourani, “are from a mixed mass grave.” The head of the newly-opened Syrian Identification Centre is standing next to two tables, covered in femurs. There are 32 of the human thigh bones…

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro led a protest in Brasilia on Wednesday, vowing to “continue the fight” as he faces trial on coup charges and demands amnesty for hundreds jailed over the January 2023 attack on government buildings. Thousands of supporters joined the rally, where Bolsonaro, recently released from hospital,…

Jonathan Head South East Asia correspondent BBC/ Natalie Thomas Cardinal David, one of three Filipino cardinals taking part in the conclave, was appointed by Pope Francis “Not even in my wildest imagination did I think this would happen,” said Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David, describing the day he found out that…